JPH11164944A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a Pachino (Japanese pinball game) machine, in which a big prize winning port is continuously opened by the occurrence of a big hit, simple in configuration and low in manufacturing cost. SOLUTION: A hit ball enters into a start prize winning port which is arranged on a game board so that the patterns of a pattern fluctuation display equipment 7 are stopped after fluctuation display. When the step patterns become specified pattern with a possibility, a state becomes the special game one so as to permit the big prize winning port to become the open state. When a prescribed M-number of hit balls enter the big prize winning port or a prescribed restricting time elapses, the big prize winning port becomes a closed state. When a prescribed continuity condition is established during the open state, the big prize winning port is closed once but is soon opened again so that the big prize winning port is continuously opened with prescribed times as a limit at the time of the establishment of the continuity condition after that. In this case, the continuity condition is the one where the entering number of the it balls into the big prize winning port reaches a prescribed number N(N<M).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine in which a special symbol is displayed on a symbol variation display, a special game state is established, and a special winning opening is continuously opened when a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a first-class pachinko gaming machine commonly called a "fever machine" is a type of pachinko game machine such as a color liquid crystal display, a CRT or the like, which is provided with a hit ball in a starting winning hole provided in a game board. If the symbol variation display device displays the symbol for a certain period of time and then stops, and if the stopped symbol becomes a specific symbol such as "777" with a certain probability by chance, it becomes a special game state (big hit), The opening and closing door is designed to be opened by the operation of the electric switchgear,
A predetermined number of hit balls (usually 10
When a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses after the ball is thrown in or in the open state, the so-called first round is over and the special winning opening is closed once. In the case where a hit ball has entered the continuous winning opening (referred to as V zone) provided in the second round, the second round starts and the large winning opening is opened again immediately. A predetermined number of hit balls (usually one hit) are
0) When a ball is thrown in or a predetermined time limit (usually 30 seconds) elapses in the open state, the second round is over and the special winning opening is closed again, but during the second round, the special winning opening is closed. When a hit ball has hit the provided continuous winning opening (referred to as V zone), the third round starts and the large winning opening is opened again immediately. In this way, the large winning opening is continuously opened until the final round (for example, the 16th round), provided that a hit ball has been won in the continuous winning opening during each round. In this way, during the special game state, the opening and closing door of the special winning opening is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of rounds, so that it is extremely easy to hit a ball, so that a large number of premium balls can be obtained and a large profit for the player can be obtained. It is configured to be brought.

[0003]

By the way, in this kind of pachinko game machine, it is an absolute condition for the player to always make one hit ball into the continuous winning opening during each round, and this condition is satisfied. If you do not do this, you will not continue to the next round and the big winning opening will not be opened as commonly called "punk", so that such "punk" will not occur frequently, In particular, recently, in the first-type pachinko gaming machines, a ball guiding shutter or a ball stopping device operated by a solenoid is provided immediately above the continuous winning opening, so that a hit ball can enter the continuous winning opening extremely easily. However, the existence of such a ball guiding shutter or a ball stopping device has a problem that the structure becomes complicated and the size becomes large.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and stops after a symbol of a symbol variation display is changed and displayed by a hit ball entering a starting winning hole provided in a game board. If the stop symbol becomes a specific symbol by chance, the special game state is established and the special winning opening is opened, and a predetermined number of M hits or a predetermined time limit elapses in the special winning opening. Then, the special winning opening is closed, and if a predetermined continuation condition is satisfied during the opening state, the special winning opening is once again closed immediately after being closed, and thereafter continued. In a pachinko gaming machine in which the special winning opening is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of times if the condition is satisfied, the continuation condition is that the number of hit balls into the special winning opening is a predetermined number N (however, N <M) And butterflies.

[0005] The present invention is also applicable to a case where a symbol is displayed on a symbol variation indicator after a ball is hit into a start winning hole provided on a game board and then stopped, and the stopped symbol becomes a specific symbol by accident. The special winning state is established and the special winning opening is opened, and when a predetermined number of M hit balls enter the special winning opening or a predetermined time limit T1 elapses, the special winning opening is closed and opened. If the predetermined continuation condition is satisfied during the state, the special winning opening will be opened again immediately after closing once, and if the continuation condition is satisfied thereafter, the special winning opening will repeat the predetermined number of times. In a pachinko gaming machine that is continuously opened as a limit, the continuation condition is that a predetermined number of hit balls into the special winning opening within a predetermined time limit T2 (where T2 <T1) is N (however, N <M) The features.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine, the setting of the number N of entering balls, which is a continuation condition, can be changed.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine, the setting of the number of entering balls N and / or the time limit T2, which are continuation conditions, can be changed.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the pachinko gaming machine is provided with display means for notifying a player that the continuation condition is satisfied.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a front view of the pachinko gaming machine. In the figure, 1 is an upper plate for receiving a prize ball, 2 is a lower plate, 3 is a hitting firing handle, 4 is a speaker, 5 is a gaming board, 6 is a front frame, Reference numeral 7 denotes a symbol change display comprising a liquid crystal display provided on the game board 5, reference numeral 8 denotes a pass gate, reference numeral 9 denotes a starting winning opening, and reference numerals 10 and 11 denote ordinary winning openings.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a mounting substrate 13 as shown in FIG.
A large winning opening in the shape of a rectangle opened at the center of the vehicle.
Is pivoted by Then, as shown in FIG. 3, an electric opening / closing device (solenoid) 16 is provided on the back side of the mounting board 13 to open and close the opening / closing door 14. That is,
Pin 1 is attached to ear piece 17 integrally provided on the back side of door 14.
8 are protruded, and projections 20 and 21 are protruded from a linking piece 19 fixed to the operating shaft of the electric opening / closing device 16, and the pin 18 is located between the projections 20 and 21. Reference numeral 22 denotes a winning ball counting switch provided for counting hit balls hitting the special winning opening 12.

On the back side of the pachinko game machine, there is provided a game control circuit board 23 for operating the symbol variation display 7 and the electric opening / closing device 16 and the like. As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4, the game control circuit board 23 receives an electric signal of a hit ball winning from a starting winning port switch 24 provided in the starting winning port 9 and the winning ball counting switch 22, respectively. .

The game control circuit board 23 is activated by an electric signal from the start winning opening switch 24 and has a jackpot generating means for bringing a special game state by chance with a predetermined probability. It comprises a continuation condition determining means operated by a signal, a display driving means, a sound effect generating means, and a driving control means. Then, when a hit ball wins in the starting winning opening 9, the display driving means variably displays a three-digit number, a symbol, and the like on the symbol variation display 7 and stops the variation after a predetermined time. Is displayed as a specific symbol such as "777". If no big hit occurs, other random stop symbols are displayed. When a big hit occurs, the speaker 4 is caused to emit a sound effect via the sound effect generating means. When the special game state is established, the electric opening / closing device 16 is driven via the drive control means, and the special winning opening 1
The second opening / closing door 14 is opened.

The continuation condition discriminating means includes a timer for measuring a time during which the special winning opening 12 is in an open state, and a ball for receiving the electric signal from the winning ball counting switch 22 and counting the number of hit balls hitting the special winning opening 12. A counter and a round number counting means for counting the number of opening and closing of the special winning opening 12 are provided. The continuation condition determining means is provided with condition setting changing means operable from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The condition setting changing means is provided with a setting operation key (not shown) on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine, and appropriately sets and sets continuation conditions (the number of balls N and the time limit T2 to be described later) according to the management policy of the pachinko parlor. I can do it.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the continuation condition is such that the number of hit balls hitting the special winning opening 12 reaches a predetermined number N.
Are selected (1 to 9) smaller than the number M of incoming balls (usually 10) for closing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the continuation condition is such that the special winning opening 12 is opened, the number of hit balls into the special winning opening 12 within a time limit T2 is a predetermined number N.
Is to be reached. The time limit T2 is the time limit T1 (usually 30) at which the special winning opening 12 is closed.
Seconds) (for example, about 20 seconds).

Next, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine according to the first aspect will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The hit ball enters the starting winning opening 9 (step a), the symbol variation indicator 7 is displayed in a variable manner, and the stop symbol is "777".
When a special symbol such as a big hit occurs (step b), a special game state is brought about and the special winning opening 12 is opened. (Step c).

The elapsed time from the opening state is measured by the timer, and the number of hit balls hitting the special winning opening 12 is counted by the ball counter.
When a predetermined number N of balls are hit into the special winning opening 12 in step d, the continuation condition is established. In step e, the condition is stored and the symbol variation display 7 indicates that the continuation condition is established. Is displayed, and at the same time the player is notified by voice from the speaker 4. (Step f).

Then, in steps g and h, the special winning opening 12
It is determined whether or not a predetermined number of M hit balls have hit the ball, and if M hits or the predetermined time limit T1 has elapsed, the process proceeds to steps i and j to close the special winning opening 12 and store the satisfaction of the continuation condition. It is determined whether or not the number of continuations, that is, the number of times of opening and closing of the special winning opening 12 has not reached a predetermined number of times (16 times) in step k. The mouth 12 is immediately opened again. Therefore, as long as the continuation condition is satisfied, the special winning opening 12 is repeatedly opened up to a maximum of 16 times (16 rounds), so that the player can acquire many premium balls. The number of hit balls and the number of rounds in each round are sequentially displayed on the symbol variation display 7, and the player can proceed with the round with reference to the display.

On the other hand, even if the special winning opening 12 is in the open state, if a predetermined number of hit balls have not entered and a predetermined time limit has elapsed, the process proceeds from step h to step i, and the continuation condition is satisfied in step j Since there is no memory, the special winning opening 12 is in a so-called "punctured state" with the closed state. That is, when the time limit T1 elapses without hitting a predetermined number of hit balls in the special winning opening 12, the special winning opening 1
When 2 is closed, the special winning state ends in the middle of the round without being opened, unless the big win again occurs.

On the other hand, the flowchart of FIG. 6 shows the second aspect of the present invention. In this flowchart, a step 1 is inserted between step d and step e in the flowchart of FIG. 5 to determine whether the time limit T2 has elapsed. As a result, the time limit T2 is reached after the special winning opening 12 is opened. When the predetermined number N of hit balls hits the special winning opening 12, the continuation condition is satisfied, and the satisfaction of the condition is stored in step e. That is, the continuation condition in this case is slightly stricter than the case of the first aspect. By setting these continuation conditions as appropriate using setting operation keys provided on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine, the difficulty level can be freely adjusted.

In the present invention, the continuation condition is set to the number of balls entered in the special winning opening 12 as described above. Since the signal is originally measured by the input, there is no need to separately provide any equipment for the measurement, and the signal processing can be simply configured by simply setting the signal processing as described above. In addition, the elapsed time from the opening of the special winning opening is also measured by a timer originally provided, so that no extra cost is required for installation.

[0022]

As described above, the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is
When the number of hit balls hitting the special winning opening reaches the predetermined number, the continuation condition is satisfied, and the special winning opening is continuously opened up to a predetermined number of times, so that the first kind of pachinko game The continuation condition can be determined by counting the ball counter originally provided in the machine. Therefore, there is no need for a device for setting continuation conditions such as the conventional continuous winning opening, so that the configuration is extremely simple, the size is reduced, and the effects of reducing the manufacturing cost are achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a winning port of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a winning port of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 Game board 7 Symbol change display 9 Start winning opening 12 Big winning opening 14 Opening / closing door 16 Electric open / close device 22 Winning ball counting switch 23 Game control circuit board 24 Starting winning opening switch

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A special game state when a symbol is displayed on a symbol change indicator by a hit ball in a start winning hole provided on a game board and then stopped, and the stopped symbol becomes a specific symbol by accident. As a result, the special winning opening is in an open state, and when a predetermined number of M hit balls enter the special winning opening or a predetermined time limit elapses, the special winning opening is closed, and during the opening state, the predetermined winning opening is closed. If the continuation condition is satisfied, the special winning opening will be opened again immediately after closing once, and if the continuation condition is satisfied thereafter, the special winning opening will continue for a predetermined number of times. The pachinko gaming machine characterized in that the continuation condition is that the number of hit balls hitting the special winning opening reaches a predetermined number N (where N <M). 2. A special game state when a symbol is displayed on a symbol variation indicator after a ball is hit into a start winning hole provided on a game board, and then stopped, and the stopped symbol becomes a specific symbol by accident. And the special winning opening is in an open state, and when a predetermined number of M hits or a predetermined time limit T1 elapses in the special winning opening, the special winning opening is in a closed state, and during the opening state, If the predetermined continuation condition is satisfied, the special winning opening will be opened immediately after closing once, and if the continuation condition is satisfied, the special winning opening will continue for a predetermined number of times. In a pachinko gaming machine that is opened automatically, the continuation condition is a predetermined time limit T
A pachinko game machine characterized in that the number of hit balls into the special winning opening reaches a predetermined number N (where N <M) within 2 (where T2 <T1). 3. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the setting of the number N of entering balls, which is a continuation condition, can be changed. 4. The pachinko game machine according to claim 2, wherein the continuation condition, that is, the number of incoming balls N and / or the time limit T2 can be changed. 5. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising display means for notifying a player that a continuation condition has been satisfied.